Quotes by Honore de Balzac

Explore a curated collection of 70 quotes by Honore de Balzac. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Necessity is often the spur to genius. — Honore de Balzac
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. — Honore de Balzac
All happiness depends on courage and work. — Honore de Balzac
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. — Honore de Balzac
We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. — Honore de Balzac
Some troubles like a protested note of a solvent debtor bear interest. — Honore de Balzac
There are moments in life when all that we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us our wounds would wince at c — Honore de Balzac
I believe in the incomprehensibility of God. — Honore de Balzac
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. — Honore de Balzac
All happiness depends on courage and work. — Honore de Balzac
Hope is a light diet but very stimulating. — Honore de Balzac
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. — Honore de Balzac
To provoke laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect. — Honore de Balzac
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac
A woman must be a genius to create a good husband. — Honore de Balzac
Modesty is the conscience of the body. — Honore de Balzac
Necessity is often the spur to genius. — Honore de Balzac
Envy is the most stupid of vices for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. — Honore de Balzac
If we could but paint with the hand as we see with the eye! — Honore de Balzac
A mother who is really a mother is never free. — Honore de Balzac